"I hope that is the case," Emperor Rael replied to Rui with a concerned expression. "I know you are strong. But don't get overconfident. There are still things that can kill you if you're not careful. And people are strong enough to kill you even if you are. NOVA, in particular, is a grave threat. One that is quite different from any of the other top ten most powerful pathwalkers in the world."
Rui nodded. "Unlike the other top ten pathwalkers in the world, her specialty is applicable beyond just conflict. She will be a menacingly dangerous foe even in the political landscape. It doesn't matter what her competence in politics is when she has a quantum supercomputer for a brain."
Emperor Rael heaved a tired sigh. "An era where your competence in a field will boil down to your ability to deal with these computer systems is not too far away… I suspect that I, too, am getting too old for this new era."
